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Visitors to North Korea to be barred from Kaesong and DMZ next week

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Chad O'Carroll April 17, 2018
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Visitors to North Korea to be barred from Kaesong and DMZ next week
by nknews_hq on 2015-09-07 10:07:08

Visitors to the DPRK will next week be prohibited from visiting the demilitarized zone (DMZ) and the nearby city of Kaesong, travel industry sources told NK News, due to the upcoming Kim Jong Un – Moon Jae-in summit scheduled for April 27.

Monday April 23 to Friday April 27 will see all tourists prohibited from visiting the two areas, both the Young Pioneer Tours and Koryo Tours companies told NK News on Tuesday. 

The summit – which is set to take place at Peace House on the southern side of the Joint Security Area (JSA) – will mark the

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Chad O'Carroll

Chad O'Carroll

Chad O'Carroll is the founder of NK News/NK Pro and related holding company Korea Risk Group. In addition to being the group's CEO, O'Carroll is a frequent writer and commentator about the Koreas, having written about the two nations since 2010. He has visited the DPRK multiple times, worked and lived in Washington, D.C. with a focus on peninsula issues, and lived in the ROK since 2016.

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